Captain, 20th Infantry, August 20, 1862; resigned, January 7, 1863; Captain,  80th US Colored Troops, March 11, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, 85th US Colored  Troops, May 21, 1864; honorably  mustered out, October 24, 1865; Major,  38th US Infantry, July 28, 1866; Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Infantry, June 10, 1876; Colonel,  7th Infantry, July 10, 1885; Brigadier General, USA, June 30, 1897; Major General of Volunteers, May  4, 1898-February  24, 1899; advanced to Major General and retired, February 19, 1903.

Breveted Colonel of Volunteers, March 26, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services during campaign against Mobile"; Lieutenant Colonel, March 2, 1867, for  same at Antietam; awarded Medal of Honor, June 28, 1894, "for conspicuous gallantry at Fort Blakely, April 9, 1865."

Served in numerous expeditions against Indians; also in defense of US  citizens on both sides of Rio Grande during revolutionary uprisings, 1873-76; commanded the Department of the Colorado, 1900-01.

Inventor of the Merriman Infantry Pack.

Died November 18, 1912. Buried in Section 1, Grave 114, Arlington National Cemetery with his wife, Una McPherson Merriam (1843-1933).

Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 73d U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Alabama, 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Houlton, Maine. Birth: Houlton, Maine. Date of issue: 28 June 1894. 

Citation:

Volunteered to attack the enemy's works in advance of orders and, upon permission being given, made a most gallant assault.

MERRIAM, CATHERINE UNA W/O HENRY C
DATE OF DEATH: 05/17/1938
DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/20/1938
BURIED AT: SECTION WEST  SITE 114-B 3S
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
 WIFE OF HC MERRIAM MAJ GEN USA RET

MERRIAM, HENRY C 
MAJOR GEN USA
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 11/18/1912
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION B  SITE 114
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Photograph By M. R. Patterson, October 2002